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Grim stats in COVID-19 Pandemic: 150,000-plus US deaths; 100th death in Volusia County, Florida

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The grim reaper that is the coronavirus continues to reach new highs in the killing of Americans with new thresholds crossed: 150,000-plus throughout the country and with the 100th Volusia County death here in Central Florida.

Daytona Beach's Shirley Dacenzo reflects on the passing of yet another celebrity in Olivia de Havilland, last of the movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, dead at 104

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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. As if the celebrity deaths in the past few days of television's Regis Philman, actor John Saxon and British musician Peter Green weren't overwhelminging enough for Daytona widow Shirley Dacenzo, then came news of Sunday's passing of the last of the movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Age - Olivia De Havilland of Gone with the Wind, deat at 104.

Volusia County Beach Safety: Boy, 11, bitten on foot by shark in waist-deep water in vicinity of Daytona-New Smyrna; treated on scene

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - An 11-year-old Lake Wales boy was standing in waist deep water when he was bit on the foot by a shark Thursday afternoon, which was not seen, an official with Volusia County Beach Safety said Thursday night.

Not-Legit Boss: Sasha Banks has to battle Asuka again on Raw & if Bayley interferes then the belt goes back to the Empress of Tomorrow

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Stephanie McMahon showed Sasha Banks who is boss when she ordered a rematch for Monday Night Raw with Asuka with the stipulation that if Bayley interferes in the match, then the belt automatically goes back around the waist of the Empress of Tomnorrow.

LeBron reflects on Kobe after practice Monday in the NBA Orlando Bubble

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ORLANDO, Fla. - The helicopter crash in January that took the lives of nine people including Kobe Byrant and hid daughter, Gianna, is still fresh in the minds of many, perhaps no more so on the Los Angeles Lakers squad than LeBron James.

Congressman John Lewis among prominent people who have died of pancreatic cancer: Actor Patrick Swayze, rocker Benjamin Orr of The Cars & Dallas Cowboys player Harvey Martin among them

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Congressman John Lewis joins a long list of prominent people who have succumbed to pancreatic cancer, including the likes of movie actor Patrick Swayze, rock musician Benjamin Orr of The Cars, and Dallas Cowboys football star Harvey Martin, to name a few.

Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry among leaders near & far paying homage to Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights titan, who has died at age 80

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John Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress in the new millennium, has died. He was 80.